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Sunday, 15 January 2017

Discussion on the state of the nation and role of citizens. All invited.

Active Citizens Movement (PMB )
Cordially invites you to attend its inaugural workshop. This workshop will seek to establish the ACM purpose & vision in its quest to achieve an active citizenry. In so doing it would seek to hold government to account and promote a developmental strategy to empower and organise communities to best employ their rights which are contained in the Constitution of SA.
Date: 21 January 2017 (Sat)
Venue: Regal Inn Conference Centre, 47 Alan Paton Drive, Pietermaritzburg.
Time: 1pm - 6pm AGENDA
Speakers
1) Professor Vishwas Satgar - State of the Nation
2) Judge Thumba Pillay - The role of the Constitution in SA
3) Siva Naidoo: Dbn ACM chair - Role of active citizenry
4) Pacsa community speaker - Day to day struggles
5) Fish Maharaj - ACM Presentation:
6) Four Commisions would be talking to the expert input from the first
4 speakers. the ACM will develop its programme of action from this.
Plenary session - 90 minutes
7)The Keynote Speaker
Professor Khushta Jack - Save SA - Reclaiming the legacy of people power vs. the politics of power
Snacks/supper
RSVP:
a) Sibusiso Khanyile, sibuk@pacsa.org.za • +27833294554 b) Chris Whyte, chriswhyte@mweb.co. za • +27824158138 c) Babu Baijoo, babu@futurenet.co.za • +27837800504

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Vishwas Satgar has been a grass roots activist in South Africa for more than 3 decades. He is currently engaged in supporting the Solidarity Economy Movement in township communities, supporting food sovereignty campaigning , climate jobs campaigning and defending popular democracy in South Africa. His academic interests include a focus on African political economy, Empire and Global crisis, Green Global political Economy and Transnational Alternatives.